Why Super Nintendos Lose Their Color: Plastic Discoloration in Classic Machines

A very informative article on why old systems and specifically the SNES get discolored. I always figured it was something in the plastic and that light might also have something to do and turns out I was mostly right. [Link]
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Jan 13, 2007


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8 Comments, add your own...
1. moocherx | January 13th, 2007 at 12:11 pm
I’ll never get those 10 minutes of my life back again…..
2. Mark | January 13th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
lol i did categorize it under “geek” so you should have gotten the hint from that
3. Pearls | January 13th, 2007 at 1:12 pm
same thing happens to computer parts.
4. vampire | January 13th, 2007 at 1:18 pm
geek!!! shame on you mark,, this is science and everybody have to respect it,, i felt humilated categorizing it as geek!
i read the whole article,, it isn’t something about video gaming,, this is simply about oxidation of the complicated hydrocarbon construction of the plastic,, it’s organic chemistry
it wasn’t interesting as what he have found to be the cause of the discolouring of the SNES and other plastics used in MAC,, but i found it interesting how he got interest on such a case from the SNES
did i sound geek ?! “ (-_-) “
5. FUZZ | January 13th, 2007 at 6:01 pm
hey mark, where exactly is the panasonic shop in the city with the SNES for 15 KD?? also, what games do they have? I hope they got street fighter, i was fucking hooked on that game as a kid.
6. Mark | January 13th, 2007 at 6:35 pm
its yousefi dealer but i was told they dismantled their videogame section. anyway i am selling a discolored snes with a very slightly discolored NES and the Apple II for KD5 in the forum. Its practically free.
7. Boss | January 13th, 2007 at 6:46 pm
The Friday market is the best place to get old systems and games. You can haggle game prices down to about 250 fils/game and get away with paying about 1 KD for the system (which may or may not work).
8. holla | January 13th, 2007 at 8:30 pm
i have a nice yellow one in egggypt
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